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Wealthion · Thursday, July 16, 2026

Gold and Silver Miners Profitable, Poised for M&A Activity

Mark Thornton highlights that current quarterly reports show gold and silver miners are highly profitable, with significant margins between costs and revenue. He expects this profitability to lead to share buybacks, debt reduction, and increased mergers and acquisitions within the sector.

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And the right now, the silver miners and the gold miners, uh, their, uh, quarterly reports are showing that they're making lots of money, uh, that the difference between their costs and their revenue is really high.
Mark Thornton
I mean, they're almost like advanced growth, uh, stocks right now. And they're buying back shares, they're paying down debt.
Mark Thornton
I, I expect to see more mergers and acquisitions, uh, as this thing all starts to unfold.
Mark Thornton
Heard on Wealthion — “Mark Thornton: The Most Overvalued Stock Market Since 1927? Why Gold Could Win Next, published Thursday, July 16, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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